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- Kelsea Ballerini arrived at the 2025 CMA Awards looking glamorous for her big awards night
- The country singer wore a red dress with a sheer skirt, showing off a cheeky look on her bum.
- The Female Vocalist of the Year nominee is expected to perform at the ceremony.
Kelsea Ballerini brings her glamor best to the 2025 CMA Awards.
The “I Sit in Parks” singer, 32, lit up country’s biggest night with a look that turned heads. For the awards ceremony, she wore a breathtaking sheer red dress. The dress featured an oversized rosette at the front and a completely sheer skirt that offered a cheeky glimpse of her bum.
She pulled it all together with towering red heels and a bright red lip.
Ballerini is nominated for female vocalist of the year and will be among those performing.
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The “Cowboys Cry Too” artist attended the 2023 and 2024 editions with her then-boyfriend Chase Stokes.
Sources confirmed to PEOPLE in September that the singer-songwriter and Outer Banks The star separated after almost three years of relationship.
“These are two adults who gave it their all and tried to do everything they could to make it work, but ultimately couldn’t. It happens,” sources close to the couple tell PEOPLE.
Nearly two months after their split, the two were spotted holding hands, according to an onlooker who saw them at Kiba Smash Burger in Dubrovnik, Croatia on November 7.
Check out all of PEOPLE’s complete CMA Awards coverage here.
Recently, Stokes clapped back at fans who were spreading negativity in the comments on one of Ballerini’s posts that referenced him and his ex-girlfriend and co-star, Madelyn Cline. “These comments are f—— weird,” he wrote. “To grow.”
Ballerini recently released a new EP Mount Pleasant, which she performed live for the first time at her “The Mount Pleasant Experience” pop-up activation in Nashville.
After ending the night with her new ode to mental health “Check on Your Friends,” Ballerini became emotional, breaking down in tears as she thanked her fans for their support. Mount Pleasant and for supporting her throughout her career.
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“Thank you for embracing the less bright parts of me over the past few years,” she said. “I know I’m the luckiest to be able to feel all these really big feelings and say to myself, ‘I have to put this to music or I’m going to burn.’”
The 59th Annual CMA Awards will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, November 19 from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on ABC. The show premieres the next day on Hulu.
